clarendon (klarendon)

[ clappering (klap'er-ing), n . [ clapper1 + -ing1 .] Pulling the clapper instead of the bell. The lazy and pernicious practice of clappering , i. e., ty. ing the bell rope to the clapper, and pulling it instead of the bell. Sir E. Beckett , Clocks and Watches, p. 379. The great rack of clap - bread hung overhead, and Bell Robson's preference of this kind of stake over the lee clapper-stay (klap'er-stā), n. A device for muf- ened and partly sour kind used in Yorkshire was another source of her unpopularity. fling large bells. Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, iv. clap-dish (klap'dish), n. Same as clack - dish . clap-doctor (klap'doktor), n. A physician who undertakes the cure of venereal diseases; hence, formerly, from the fact that such proc lapse, v. and n. A dialectal form of clasp . clapper-valve (klap'er-valv), п. In a steam- engine, a valve suspended from a hinge, and working alternately on two seats; a clack-valve. It is sometimes a disk vibrating between two seats. This line is printed in clarendon.